Investing 101

They say it takes money to make money. This is never truer than with investing. Wealthy people are able to obtain more wealth because they no how to make their money work for them. Just look at the equity markets these days, not to mention the number of ridiculously large private equity deals going on. [...]

Project Project Finance

I’ve been doing some Project Finance work the past few days and find it to be quite interesting, if not very complicating. People often hear or read of large project finance deals going on somewhere in the world, but few know the number of parties and the amount of work that goes into making the deal [...]

The Lunch Goers Dilemma

I have a few goals, one of which is to eat healthy. Not strictly organic, but decent. A second goal is to be wise with my money. I feel as if I am in a daily struggle to find somewhere to eat that won’t eventually kill me without spending too much money. Truth be told, [...]

Two Years With the LG8300

I know that I blogged a few months ago regarding how I was going to wait until later this year to buy a new phone, but a few weeks ago I went out and bought one anyway, despite of my earlier hesitations. While I had no intention of buying the iPhone, I was impressed with the phone [...]

To Write A Book

While I enjoy writing and have always been good at keeping a personal journal (I have concurrently kept a daily and a weekly journal for the past eleven years), the idea of writing a book is daunting. Yet, I would like to try to do it. The problem I am having is coming up with [...]

Should We Be More Connected or More Concerned?

I recently added the ClustrMap to my right sidebar in the hopes that someone outside of New York will view my blog once in a while. The idea that I will be able to track the general location of the computer that accessed this site is incredible. Are we becoming too connected? The past few [...]

Does Prestige Matter?

At some point in my life it would be nice to say that I went to such and such school or work at such and such firm, etc without having to drop footnotes explaining where and what such place is. I’m not complaining and in fact feel that I am doing quite well. I enjoyed where I [...]

From This School . . .

“You mark that word, and from this school, I’ll tell you, will go men and women whose influence will be felt for good towards the establishment of peace internationally.”
The above phrase is one I heard constantly while in college. In fact, it may as well be the guiding light of the entire campus. In the [...]

Neko Chan

So far on this blog I have spent a lot of room mentioning my baby daughter to come (hopefully no earlier than four weeks from now). But my story would not be complete unless I mentioned our cat, Neko (Neko means “cat” in Japanese). After my wife defeated my strong opposition and convinced me to [...]

Random Thoughts That Won’t Leave My Mind

My wife received the offer from the clinic in Greenwich. She was able to find a job much easier than I was thankfully, but I honestly did not expect her to get a job so soon. Now we have to find someone to help take care of our child that will be here in a month. [...]

A Flower By Any Other Name . . .

What was a May 21st due date for my first child was moved up last Friday to May 12th based on the ultrasound. It’s hard to believe that she may be here in about five weeks. They say that there is never a good time to have a kid and I must agree. Ready or [...]